Sneaky little culprit

'This is starting to get really annoying…'

Gritting his teeth through wave upon wave of exhaustion, Theo refused to buckle.

His hunger meter was filled up nearly to the brim, same for the thirst bar. And, when counting everything together, he worked for three hours at most since waking up!

And yet, with just ten generators left to fill up the hole, he felt as if every slightest move he had to make to climb just a little bit higher up was enough to tear his body apart.

'Am I cursed or something?' Gritting his teeth to the point his gums started to bleed, Theo pulled himself up just one more platform, only to then collapse down on its empty surface, his chest moving as rapidly as did his heart.

Up and down, it visualized the rapid pace of his breath as his heart struggled to provide enough oxygen to his tired muscles.